How Do Residency Match Applicants Fight Battle Against COVID-19 Storm?

Every year thousands of domestic and international medical graduates apply for a residency spot in the United States. This communication is an effort to qualitatively measure and describe the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the United States residency match application...

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Main Author: Vaibhav Aggarwal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:MAMC Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mamcjms.in/article.asp?issn=2394-7438;year=2021;volume=7;issue=2;spage=156;epage=158;aulast=Aggarwal
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Summary:Every year thousands of domestic and international medical graduates apply for a residency spot in the United States. This communication is an effort to qualitatively measure and describe the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the United States residency match application process. This communication tries to perceive a medical graduate who faces the challenges of being a health worker and an examinee at the same time. It is meant for international United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) aspirants to apprise them of the changes that have taken place in the USMLE examinations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and advise on how to overcome the difficulties.
ISSN:2394-7438